perjure
(Criminal law)
[verb]
Synonyms: perjure oneself
commit perjury, bear false witness, forswear, give false testimony, lie under oath, swear falsely

---

Related Idioms: commit perjury, lie under oath, swear falsely
Related Words: equivocate, deceive, delude, mislead, trick, lie, prevaricate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

per‧jure /ˈpɜːdʒə $ ˈpɜːrdʒer/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: parjurer, from Latin perjurare, from jurare 'to swear']
perjure yourself law to tell a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law
—perjured adjective:
perjured evidence
—perjurer noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲